Patients: Transport

(asked on 1st November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will initiate an investigation under section 48 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 into the provision of Patient Transport Services in East Surrey and Sussex.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 8th November 2016

The Department has asked the Care Quality Commission to investigate the regulation status of all contractors and sub-contractors of patient transport services commissioned by the High Weald Havens Clinical Commissioning Group from April 2016.

NHS England will also undertake an investigation into patient transport services in the region.

Given these ongoing enquiries, it would not be appropriate to initiate an investigation under Section 48 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

The Department will continue to monitor these developments.

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